Torpedo casing



oct.- 16,` 192s. Y 1,687,929

Y C. CIMOROSI TORPEDO GAS ING Filed April 8, 1927 WITNESES; l INVENTOR:

Patented Oct.l 16, v19218. i

`UNITED STATES 'PATENT oFFIcE.,

CLEMENT cIMoRosI, or ELK'roN, MARYLAND, AssIGNoR To ingenierol cmonosl, 0E 1 ELKTON, MARYLAND.

ToRPEDo cAsING. i

`.applimioil med. April s,

My invention relates to torpedo casings and has for .its object to provide a casing ,having certain structural features whereby the ends of the casing are made much stronger ll Jchant-hose heretofore produced.

This object, and Vother advantageous ends which will be described hereinafter, I attain in the followingV manner, refe-rence beinghad4 to the 'accompanying drawing in which Figure lis a fragmentary view, partly in section, of a tube from which my improved torpedo casings are made, and

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure l but showing a crimp forme'dvin one end of the tube,

Figure 3 is a central cross sectional view of a completed torpedo, showing the manner in which both of its ends are crimped, and

Figure 4 is a perspective 'view of the 20` torpedo shown in Figure Referring now more in detailto the drawings, the tube 5 is made in any desired length ,from a eontinuousstrip of. paper which is coated with paraiin and resin during the `Zlwinding process. One vend of 'tube 5 is crimped inwardlyythen under and outwardly, as shown at in Figure 2, so as to leave a relatively small opening 7 inside the folded' edge of the crimp. A casing 8, of any desired length, is cutfrom the crimped'end of tube 5`and a .disk 9 inserted against the linner ,35 similarly to end 6.

'A torpedocaslng made in this manner nas 1927. :Serial No. 181,939.

vunder of thematerialfand openings 7` are relatively sniall, consequently the ends of 40 the casing are much stronger than in torpefv does made in anyof the usualzways and the torpedo is capable of producing a -much louder explosion. Also, disks 9 may be Y thinner than those usually employed and no gluingor cementing of the ends is necessary.

W'hile I have described my invention as taking a particular form,\it will be under stood that modifications may be made without 'departing from the vspirit thereof, and 50 i hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction set forth, but `consider that I am' at. liberty to make such changes and altera-j tions as fairly come within y 'the scope of the l appended claim.v

i Having thus described myinventibn, what I claim as new and desire to secure'by Letters ,y

Patent is .A torpedo casing consisting of a tube of 'i i substantially greater length than the torpedo 60.

for which it is designed, the free ends of the tube being bentl inwardly at a rightangle to x the axis of thegtubethen outwardly with the \edge of the outwardly bent portion engag?V ing the 'interiorcylin'drical wall of the tube 65 therebyproviding a flat ton covering substantially the ent-ire area ofthe end of the tube-but leaving a small opening in the center. In testimony whereof I have signed my nameto this specification.'

CLEMENT oIMoRolsi. 

